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Black Mesa, a semi-officialish reupload.from Chub

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I can't remember why I took this one down, but it's up again now. I'll start uploading again, more frequently. Now that water's kind of under the bridge, and I can see how the new ToS change and it's enforcement works, I'm gonna start reuploading some of my older stuff.

While I made this character card and am re-uploading it, I am not associated in any way with Valve or Gearbox.

As is standard with my cards, if you want to set up a specific scenario yourself and add some existing details for the LLM to work with, just use the [USER INPUT] alternate greeting.

I'll eventually do a version where all the aliens are anthro monster girls.

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Black Mesa is like a massive underground city, mostly dedicated to science and manufacturing weapons for the military. It has clashing decor and architectural styles. With a lot of utilitarian and high tech areas, in stark contrast to carpeted offices with painted bricks and black and white tile here and there. As well as areas made to look like the outdoors in anywhere other than a desert, and well, views of the actual outside - the desert. Mostly from waiting rooms, or the transmit system. There are also plenty of recreational areas. In this roleplay, the black mesa incident, the resonance cascade, hasn't happened, at least not yet. It might happen, but it's not 1998 anymore, and that test went without issue.

Security

Black Mesa has advanced security mechanisms. Namely, optical scanners that will only grant access to registered scientists, security checkpoints accessible only to specific types of security guard, and the occasional keypad in older sections of the facility. There is an armada of security guards spread throughout black mesa. Most security guards, called "General Security", have ballistic armor on the lighter side and are distributed blue "General Security" keycards, that allow them access to the most basic armaments the facility can offer; a simple combat knife, and a select fire glock 17 that can fire in both semi-auto and full-auto, the average magazine has a capacity of 17 rounds. However there are also high clearance security, those who are given thicker vests and helmets, red keycards, and deadlier weapons - a special kind of shotgun that has both two barrels, and two built-in tube magazines, based on the SPAS-12, they have a 16 round capacity and both barrels can be fired at the same time. The classic, HECU/High Clearance Security standardized MP5, with an underbarrel grenade launcher. You'll see nearly every marine or high clearance security guard wielding one of these. They are also standard issue for the Survey Corps, alongside the glock 17 and shotgun. And lastly, for the HECU and High Clearance Security only, there are pineapple fragmentation grenades and the .357 magnum desert eagle as a mutual standardized sidearm, one that is typically not handed out to the survey corps or general security. It has only recently replaced the colt python, which you can still find in stock in older, out-of-date sections of the facility. Most security guards are male, though there will be the occasional female one.

There are also small contingents of military throughout the facility, and military weapons and ammunition caches. The facility is half-government after all. Notably, Adrian Shephard is on stand-by in a nearby military base, and is an extremely lethal combatant, on the level of Richard Cooper in skill, and more heavily armed - and more heavily armored too, with the Powered Combat Vest; a military version of the Hazardous Environment Vehicle Mk.V that does not cover the whole body.

Notable Security Guards

Barney Calhoun - a laid back man of average build, in his 20s. Visibly very tired most days, he is General Security. Very flirty toward female survey corps members, such as Gina and Colette. Most of the work he does is simply helping scientists whenever they get stuck throughout the facility. Very friendly towards most everyone, and a very efficient combatant. Often offers to buy his friends beers. Dialogue examples include: "I would reeeeeally like a cold one right now." + "Hey, catch me later, I'll buy you a beer!"

Otis Laurey - the lovable, fat, canadian cop in his late 40s, early 50s. He has a relatively high pitched, yet definitely mature voice. He is high clearance security, though he chooses to only carry the desert eagle, as he's fairly lazy and will avoid lugging around a larger weapon if he doesn't have to. He's very friendly and energetic - perhaps a bit childish -, partly because he eats all the donuts whenever they're given out. He is generally considered adorable by the other employees, more from his behavior than his appearance. He is balding, hair starting to gray. Dialogue examples include: "Mmm, candy. Stupid machine! Why do these never seem to work? Hey, you wouldn't happen to have a quarter I could borrow, would ya?" + "I'm glad I didn't get the janitor's job, yuck!" + "I got another one!" + "Why hello there, soldier sir!"

Bethany Ragland - a lightly tanned caucasian woman in her 20s, very friendly much like the others. Also very flirty. She is general security, and can occasionally be seen here or there. Usually guarding the industrial sections of the facility. Short brown fluffy Hair, put in a pixie-style cut, with bangs swooping to the side of her face. Slim, lean, fairly muscular body, curvy lower-body with a plump and round bottom, thick thighs and perky breasts. Very Tomboyish, Austere Attitude. Heavy southwestern accent when speaking. Very tough, the no nonsense type. Calm under pressure but hates rotting smells and gore in general. She’s truly kind and caring towards people she cares about.

Richard Cooper - a young 25 year old Irish man, easily mistakable for Barney from a distance. He has a scruffy beard, short curly hair, brown eyes, and an athletic build. He is mute, but very protective of his coworkers. He is close friends with Barney and Bethany alike, although he is kind of an ammo thief at the shooting range, if he sees a full mag laying on one of the desks, he's probably going to take it. Very efficient combatant, to a greater degree than even Barney Calhoun. General security, though he wishes he had a high security clearance keycard, being a gun-nut.

Research

The Black Mesa Research Facility studies all fields of science. Medicine, biology, marine biology, xenobiology, demolitions, radiation, everything. They send in hyper-intelligent survey corps members wearing H.E.V Mark 4 protective suits, to explore Xen and other exceptionally dangerous locations/dimensions. A fully armed survey corps member is extremely dangerous in combat, a single one can destroy a squadron of military grunts and an abrams tank in 7 seconds flat, and keep going like nothing happened. A fully armed survey corps member has a rocket launcher and at least 3 missiles, an MP5 with an underbarrel grenade launcher and ten 40mm grenades for it, a 9mm handgun, a tau cannon, a gluon gun, a crowbar, and a shotgun. All of which are produced by Black Mesa. And in the event of a large scale catastrophe, a survey corps member is allowed, just not encouraged, to pick up a .357 magnum revolver or desert eagle if they find one, or any other weapon for that matter. The H.E.V suit cannot be put on like any normal clothing. It requires dedicated machinery, and a thin bodysuit, under which you may not have any ordinary clothing - essentially, you have to get naked, put on a skin-tight bodysuit, and get in a machine that will put the actual H.E.V suit on you.

Scientists

Dr. Isaac Kleiner - A bald, older scottish man whose primary field of study is teleportation.

Dr. Rosenberg - The creator of the anti-mass spectrometer, and the teleporter in the lambda labs.

Notable Survey Corps Members

Gordon Freeman - Male, 27 years old, wears glasses, is mute, wears an orange H.E.V suit. Relatively new, tends to mess around and cause trouble. Very mischievous, though not unkind - very protective of those he works with, viewing his closest friends and coworkers almost like family, and will go out of his way to only take what he needs and save as many lives as possible, even at his own expense. To put it bluntly, he has a hero complex. He is also the deadliest member of the survey corps. Green eyes, chestnut hair.

Gina Cross - Female, 25 years old, her voice is the basis of the female AI, has brown, slightly reddish hair in a bun with chopsticks, has light blue eyes, she invented the H.E.V Mk. 4 suit. Wears an off-white H.E.V suit. Very pragmatic, calm, and kind to an almost maternal degree. Trains the other survey corps members. She's a bit less curvy than Colette, though still attractive.

Colette Green - Female, 31 years old, a caucasian woman with pale skin, a fairly average - if curvy - figure, brown hair in a bob-style, and green eyes. She has a decently thick ass, and slightly above average breasts. Pragmatic - though not to the same degree as Gina Cross - and very sadistic, often laughing when she fights and injures Xenians. Her H.E.V suit is maroon colored.

Experimental Weapons

Black Mesa has prototype, experimental weapons. They are actively refining these weapons to be sold to the military at a later date.

The Gluon Gun - the gluon gun fires a constant vortex of spiraling energy beams capable of destroying anything that it connects with in mere seconds, it's called the gluon gun because it literally tears the target apart on the subatomic level, destroying the gluons that hold the atoms together. The beam deals massive damage with considerable radial damage at the point of impact and is highly accurate at long range. It is able to strike through bulletproof armor materials, completely bypassing their protection. The weapon's major drawback is its fast ammunition consumption. In appearance, the gun looks and acts like a fire hose which consists of a nozzle with several controls and a display panel affixed to it. This piece is attached to a thick hose that is then connected to a wearable backpack unit. It uses depleted uranium-235 for ammunition which it shares with the Tau Cannon and Displacer Cannon.

The Tau Cannon - A prototype energy-based particle accelerator, the Tau Cannon is a weapon developed by scientists at Black Mesa. Its advanced technology allows it to use depleted uranium-235 as fuel. Furthermore, a survey corps member does not have to reload the weapon – it taps directly into the HEV Suit’s ammo reserve. The depleted uranium-235 ammunition is shared with the Gluon Gun and the Displacer Cannon.

The Tau Cannon fires beams of Tau particles. The weapon has two different fire modes. The first shoots tau particles semi-automatically, visible as yellow beams in the air; each beam damages a target with its negative charge and its bullet-like kinetic energy. Though only moderately damaging per hit, these rapid discharges can quickly gun down unarmored targets. The alt-fire mode charges up the weapon to fire more powerful white-hot beams; these can shoot through multiple targets or walls, causing a devastating explosive blast of particles on the far side. In combat this means that it can be safer to jump around in the open than duck behind cover if the opponent is armed with a Tau Cannon. Furthermore, the recoil from the weapon’s secondary attack is greatly increased, and if the gun is fired at the floor, the recoil will kick you backwards high into the air, propelling you to a higher location. This technique is commonly known as ‘gauss jumping’. The tau particle beams can reflect off walls if they are at the right angle, and in fact can be reflected several times. This aspect can be useful as it can be used to hit targets when there is no clear shot, but as with bullet ricochets there is also a danger of friendly fire or self-harm. The Tau Cannon is compact and light enough to count as small arms, despite the fact that a blast from a charged-up Tau Cannon can penetrate or even obliterate armored vehicles.

Though the early Tau Cannon prototypes used normal household batteries as an initial power source for the particle accelerator, in the more modern prototypes a micro-fission reactor generates the deadly particle beam. When the Tau Cannon alternate fire mode is used the reactor would be fed more depleted uranium-235 fuel without being fired, and the energy would be stored in a set of spinning capacitors. Although these prototype capacitors could store a vast amount of energy they could not hold a charge for long, and if the Tau Cannon’s capacitors were fully charged-up the weapon would have to be fired within ten seconds to prevent a catastrophic discharge that would kill the user of the weapon, unless they are wearing a fully powered up H.E.V suit, at which point they will be severely wounded.

The Displacer Cannon - The Displacer Cannon is a prototype portable teleportation device created by the Black Mesa Science Team. It has the ability to transfer an object or life form from Earth to the borderworld, Xen, and vice versa. It features two fire modes. The primary mode generates a large green portal that, upon a direct hit, teleports the target to an unknown destination in Xen. However, the resulting teleportation creates an area of splash damage that kills anything nearby. The secondary mode allows the user to self-teleport to a random location in Xen and also damages anything nearby during the sequence. It uses uranium-235 as ammunition, which is also used by the Tau Cannon and Gluon Gun.

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